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L.D. Brown and Son Silk Mill: A Staple in Middletown’s South Farms District

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    Middletown

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Thomas Short – Connecticut’s First Official Printer

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Charlton Publications: Song Lyric Printing Business to Major Player in the Comic Book Industry

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Early Connecticut Gas Light Companies

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Illuminating Connecticut’s Past: The Bradley & Hubbard Legacy

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Electric Boat: From Innovation Trials to WWII Submarine Leadership

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Army-Navy “E” Award Honors Connecticut for Support Against the Axis Powers

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Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield’s World-Famous Bonnet Maker

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Fuller Brush Tower Collapses – Today in History: March 31

Connecticut’s First Female Telephone Operator – Today in History: March 24

Alice Hamilton: The Nation’s Leading Expert on Industrial Diseases

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A Revolution in Horse Power: The Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Goes Electric

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Southington Cutlery Company: From Silverware to Hardware

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The Sea in their Blood: The Portuguese in New London County

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Bethany: Small-town Perseverance in the Face of Growing Industrialization

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Two Cornwall Firms Part of Famed Salisbury Iron District

The Derby Silver Company

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Ebenezer Tracy Made Some of the Finest 18th-Century Furniture

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Early Church Bell Founders

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Birth of the Brass Valley

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Bird’s-eye Views Offer Idealized Portraits of Progress

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The Ives Manufacturing Company: Connecticut’s Foremost Toy Maker

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East Haven was Home to Connecticut’s First Iron Works

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Willimantic’s American Thread Plant–A Multinational Corporate Takeover

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Evaporated Milk’s Connecticut Connection – Who Knew?

The Stamford Foundry Company Made Notable Stoves

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The Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper – Today in History: October 29

Building a Nation Brick by Brick

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The “Perfect Handle” Hatchet – Who Knew?

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Yankee Ingenuity: Curtis Veeder, a Mechanical Genius and Shrewd Businessman

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Hartford’s Industrial Day – Today in History: October 7

A Different “Type” of Connecticut Industry

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The Windsor Economy: A River Ran Through It

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Connecticut Yankee Brings Power to the People

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Boone Guyton Tested the Limits of World-Famous Aircraft

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Connecticut Pin Makers

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Saddles Fit For a Shah

Elastic Web Expands Textile Manufacturing in West Haven

Connecticut’s First Mutual Savings Bank Opens in Hartford

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Elisha Root Changes Industry – Who Knew?

Briggs Manufacturing Drives Voluntown’s 19th-Century Cotton Economy

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Enfield’s Shaker Legacy

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A Metal Giant in Wilton

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The Life of Chauncey Jerome: An Insider’s Look at What Made Early Bristol Tick

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Ashford’s Glass from the Past

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Guilford’s One-Man Fire Department

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Cash Crop: L.B. Haas & Co. and the History of Tobacco in Connecticut

The Steady Evolution of a Connecticut Family Business

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Up from the Ashes: Fire at the Meriden Britannia Company – Today in History: July 16

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Weaving the Cultural Fabric of Beacon Falls

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Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut

Boat Shoes Have Ties to Connecticut – Who Knew?

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The Rise and Fall of Sealing in Early New London Industry

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Ivory Cutting: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Industry

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WDRC AM/FM – Connecticut’s Oldest Commercial Radio Station

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Orange: Connecticut’s Candy Dispenser

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A Hip Road Trip

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Albert Augustus Pope, Transportation Pioneer

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Benjamin Dutton Beecher had a Penchant for Invention

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Papier-Mache Clocks – Who Knew?

Portland Puts Its Stamp on an Architectural Era

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Hervey Brooks’s 19th-Century Pottery Barn

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The Incident of the Stonington Schooner ‘Breakwater’: A View from Indian Country

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    Jason Mancini

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    Stonington

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World-renowned Maker of Axes: The Collins Company of Canton

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The Pike Family Lived a Life of Dyeing

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Shakers Revolutionize Garden Seed Business – Who Knew?

Vivien Kellems Takes On the IRS

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Humble Beginnings of the Dow Jones: How a Sterling Farmer Became the Toast of Wall Street

Mad about Shad: Connecticut’s Love Affair with an Oily Fish

Mounds Candy Bar Involved in Espionage – Who Knew?

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Connecticut’s Naval Contributions to the Civil War

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Aetna Helps Make Hartford “The Insurance Capital of the World”

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The Industrial Might of Connecticut Pegmatite

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Early 20th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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The Pie Man from Georgetown and the Connecticut ~ Copperthite Pie Company

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The Sole of New Canaan’s Shoe Industry

Connecticut Pocketknife Firms

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Hannah Bunce Watson: One of America’s First Female Publishers

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Marking Time: Early Connecticut Innovations Transform Clock Making

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The Corbin Cabinet Lock Company and Patent Law: A Lesson in Novelty from a CT Perspective

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Samuel Colt: From Yankee Peddler to American Tycoon

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The Cheney Brothers’ Rise in the Silk Industry

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G. Fox and the Golden Age of Department Stores

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Family Ties Bring Together North Branford Industry

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First Connecticut Carpet Mills Emerge in Simsbury and Enfield

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Selling Connecticut Products Abroad

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Hartford’s Charles Dillingham Discovered Broadway Stars

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Rubber Vulcanization and the Myth of Nathaniel Hayward

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New Britain’s Yankee Peddlers Boost 18th-century Economy

Colonel Augustus G. Hazard, Gunpowder Manufacturer – Who Knew?

Norwich’s “Volcanic” Past

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Overland Travel in Connecticut, from Footpaths to Interstates

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    Richard

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    DeLuca

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William Hawkins Abbott Finds the Energy to Power the Northeast

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The Early Years of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company

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Farmington Canal Designed to Give Connecticut Commerce a Competitive Edge

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Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia Originated in Stamford

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Beechmont Dairy: Bridgeport’s Ice Cream to Die For

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Cromwell’s Iron Men Made Toys for Boys and Girls

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The American Brass Company: Leading the Way in the “Brass Valley”

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Scrabble Copyrighted – Today in History: December 1

The First University of Connecticut Trustees

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Emile Gauvreau and the Era of Tabloid Journalism

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Daniel Curtiss: The Life of a 19th-Century Self-Made Man

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The Land of Nod Farm, East Canaan, Connecticut

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New Haven’s Long Wharf

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    Edward T. Howe

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    New Haven

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Late 19th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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Typing History

Mighty, Mighty Hartford

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The Whitney Armory Helps Progress in Hamden

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BF Clyde and the Steam-powered Cider Mill – Who Knew?

1938 Hurricane Fuels Charcoal Business – Who Knew?

Putting Cleveland on the Map: Lorenzo Carter on the Ohio Frontier

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Wheeler & Wilson: A Stitchy Situation in Watertown

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Raise a Glass to Winemaking in Connecticut

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    Amy Gagnon

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Serving Up Justice: Hartford’s Black Workers Organize

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Lisbon Tunnel Completed – Today in History: August 28

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David Humphreys, Soldier, Statesman, and Agricultural Innovator

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A Pie Tin’s Soaring Sales

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Andover’s Award-Winning Creamery

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Hubbell’s Pull-Chain Electrical Light Socket – Today in History: August 11

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Connecticut’s Early Commercial Banks

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Hidden Nearby: The Bantam Lake Ice House

Orange Seeds Yield Corn, Alfafa, Soy, and More

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The Danbury Hatters

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A Baltic Mill Helps Found a New Town

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Connecticut Valley Style: Eliphalet Chapin Inspires a Tradition of Craft

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Aristocratic Dental Cream Gets Squeezed

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Brass City/Grass Roots: From Farmers to Developers: The Rasmussens of Town Plot

Brass City/Grass Roots: The Pierponts of East Farms

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Brass City/Grass Roots: Remnants and Revivals

Brass City/Grass Roots: Bucks Hill: Waterbury’s Rural Holdout

Pepperidge Farm Opens Bakery – Today in History: July 4

Bigelow Tea–A Connecticut Tea Party

The Rose King of America Transformed Cromwell’s Landscape

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J. P. Morgan’s Connecticut Roots

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North Haven: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s

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Summer Crowds Flocked to New Canaan and Stayed

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The Hardware City Could’ve Been the Motor City – Who Knew?

Collis P. Huntington: The Boy from Poverty Hollow

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Connecticut Domestic Oil Lamp Makers

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Built on Innovation, Saved by Nostalgia: Hitchcock Chair Company

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The Inventive Minds of Connecticut Women: Patents in the 19th Century

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W. J. Squire’s Gill Net Manufactory in East Haddam

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Steaming Across the Atlantic

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The Beckley Blast Furnace, East Canaan

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Stagecoach Sustained Commerce and Communication in 1800s

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Jeremiah Wadsworth, “foremost in every enterprise”

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Child Labor in Connecticut

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Blacksmith Isaac Glasko Challenges the State Constitution

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From Bombs to Bras: World War I Conservation Measures Transform the Lives of Women

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Chamberlin Mill: A Woodstock Survivor

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The Wearing of the Green: 19th-century Prints of Irish Subjects by Hartford’s Kellogg Brothers

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Charles Goodyear’s Machine for Making Rubber Fabrics

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A Pioneering Woman in Business: Martha Parsons of Enfield

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The Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Legacy in Portland

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Rockwell Hardness Tester – Today in History: February 11

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Laboring in the Shade

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The Successes and Struggles of New Haven Entrepreneur William Lanson

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DN-1: The US Navy’s First Airship

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One-Legged Stools – Who Knew?

G. Fox & Co. Destroyed by Fire – Today in History: January 29

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Andover Looks Good on Paper

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The Rise and Fall of Manufacturing in Bridgeport: The Case of Bryant Electric

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Connecticut Yankee and Millstone: 48 Years of Nuclear Power

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Sam Colt’s Funeral: The Day Hartford Stopped

Connecticut and the West Indies: Sugar Spurs Trans-Atlantic Trade

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    Brenda Milkofsky

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Buckling Up For Auto Safety

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Pratt & Whitney Debuts Wasp Engine – Today in History: December 24

Monumental Bronze Company

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Ending the Danbury Shakes: A Story of Workers’ Rights and Corporate Responsibility

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Bevin Brothers Helps Transform East Hampton into Belltown, USA

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Just Pour Over Ice – Who Knew?

Father of Architects Born – Today in History: December 4

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Mr. & Mrs. Rockwell’s Park

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The Sandemanians

Beatrice Fox Auerbach: Retail Pioneer Led Iconic Family Department Store

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    Amanda P. Roy

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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The Connecticut Valley Authority That Never Was

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The Aqua Velva State – Today in History: November 17

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The Battle for Cockenoe Island

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Any Month with an “R” in It: Eating Oysters in Connecticut

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Seth Thomas Works Around the Clock in Wolcott

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New Haven: What Was Everyday Life Like During the Civil War?

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Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company Puts Best Foot Forward

Portland Improves the Steam Engine

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Avon Industry: From Underground to Outerspace

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The Wallingford Oneida Community

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Connecticut’s Mulberry Craze

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Halladay’s Revolutionary Windmill – Today in History: August 29

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Nicholas Grillo and his Thornless Rose

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Oystering in Connecticut, from Colonial Times to the 21st Century

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    Doe Boyle

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The Great River: Connecticut’s Main Stream

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Savin Rock Park: “Connecticut’s Coney Island”

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Intertwining Family Businesses

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Steam Railroads Transform Connecticut Travel and Commerce

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Branford’s History Is Set in Stone

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East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works

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North Branford Vied for the Title of “Shredded Coconut Capital of the World” – Who Knew?

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New England’s Grand Ambition: The Farmington Canal

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A Revolution On Two Wheels: Columbia Bicycles

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Horseshoe Nail Capital of the World – Who Knew?

Furniture Caster Patented – Today in History: June 30

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Instruction by Mail: The Famous Artists School

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Christopher Leffingwell Born – Today in History: June 11

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Albert Pope Pioneered Bicycles for Women

Jacob Schick Invents the Electric Razor – Today in History: May 13

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The Newsies Strike Back

Take Me to the Fair: Connecticut Exhibits at the International Expositions

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Borough of Stonington

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Hamilton Wrecks Aeroplane – Today in History: April 22

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The Coaster Brake – Today in History: April 9

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Let There Be Light: An Early History of the Hartford Electric Light Company

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Hartford’s Fuller Brush Company Goes Door-to-Door Across US

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A Candy Bar Empire in Naugatuck

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Connecticut Lessons from a Tragedy

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Connecticut’s First Municipal Electric Utility

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Waterbury’s Radium Girls

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Early 19th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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Munitions Assembly Line 1943

John H. Trumbull: Connecticut’s “Flying Governor”

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Today in History – Fales & Gray Explosion Underscores Need for a Hartford Hospital

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A Good Spot and a Healthy Place: A Short History of Charles Island

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North and South: The Legacy of Eli Whitney

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Colt Armory Burns – Today in History: February 4

Six Cities Respond to 1902 Waterbury Fire – Who Knew?

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First Commercial Telephone Exchange – Today in History: January 28

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The Industrial Revolution Comes to Jewett City

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An Uncommonly Ingenious Mechanic: Abel Buell of Connecticut

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Connecticut Arms the Union

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Meriden’s Silver Lining

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Windsor Tobacco: Made in the Shade

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Samuel Colt…and Sewing Machines?

Noble Jerome’s Clock Patent Model

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The Colt Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company

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Phineas Pratt’s Machine for Making Combs – Today in History: April 12

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Pepperidge Farm: Healthful Bread Builds a Business

The Bazooka Changes War – Today in History: June 14

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Society in Ferment, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: The Rise of the Factory, 1866-1887

Reel Lawn Mower Patent – Today in History: January 28

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Government Orders Horse Pistols – Today in History: March 9

Video – Connecticut’s Cultural Treasures: American Clock & Watch Museum

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Nathan Starr’s Cutlass Fought the War of 1812

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A Bird’s-eye View of Bridgeport

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Understanding the Environmental Effects of Industry by Examining the Starr Mill

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Video – Martha Parsons Tribute Film

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The Hartford Courant: The Oldest US Newspaper in Continuous Publication

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Products from New Britain’s Past

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Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber

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A Bird’s-eye View of Moosup

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Textile Mills in Oxford Dominated Early Industry

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American Chairs, Made in Connecticut

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Video: The Story of the Salisbury Iron District

A Shipping and Railroad Magnate Remembers His Connecticut Roots

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One Powerful Family in Bozrah

Stanley Works for New Britain

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When Milk Powered Watertown’s Industry

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When Bozrah Provided Comfort to the Nation

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The Effects of “Redlining” on the Hartford Metropolitan Region

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When the World Ran on Connecticut Time

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Workers at the Colt Armory, Hartford 1867

The Yankee Peddler 1850

Crew of the Whaling Schooner Margaret 1907

Shade Grown Tobacco, Windsor 1965

Workers at the Eli Terry Clock Factory 1850

James G. Batterson, Stone Contractor

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Armstrong Finds a Niche in the Tire Market

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Philip Corbin: Manufacturing A Legacy for New Britain

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Naugatuck’s Early Chemical Industry

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The League of American Wheelmen and Hartford’s Albert Pope Champion the Good Roads Movement

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Southington Industry: From Nuts to Bolts

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A Pioneering Connecticut Firearm

Norwich in Perspective

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The Answer Is Risom!

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Rock-Solid Industry in 19th-Century Bolton

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Stepping Back in Time: North Stonington Village Historic District

Bird’s-eye Views of Rockville Chart Textile Industry’s Growth

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Bird’s-eye Views of Winsted

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    Kate Steinway

  • Town(s):
    Winchester

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North Stonington: Shunock River and Local Ambitions Powered a 19th-century Mill Town

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